Basic Income Support: “Anyone who refuses reasonable work will have their benefits cut off” – Kubicki calls for tougher measures
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Kubicki Demands Tough Cuts to Welfare BenefitsFDP leader Kubicki proposes cutting €100 billion in subsidies and enforcing stricter sanctions on welfare recipients.
- Wolfgang Kubicki calls for eliminating nearly all government subsidies totaling around €100 billion.
- He criticizes the rare use of penalties in welfare, even when recipients are not reachable for a year.
- Kubicki supports a system where benefits are reduced for each day of refused reasonable work.
- He views budget consolidation as an expense issue and warns the party risks missing the 5% election threshold.
On basic security, I like the Danish model: anyone who refuses to take reasonable work will have the benefits for every missed day cut— Wolfgang Kubicki, FDP politician, in an interview with the Rheinische Post (per reports from Monday)
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Basic Income Support: “Anyone who refuses reasonable work will have their benefits cut off” – Kubicki calls for tougher measures
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"Those who refuse reasonable work will have their benefits cut" - | Kubicki calls for tougher action Grundsicherung: „Wer zumutbare Arbeit verweigert, bekommt Leistungen gestrichen“ – Kubicki fordert härteres Vorgehen
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